Does Dryject exercise control over the hours of work and scheduling of a franchisee's employees?
Dryject Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will have sole responsibility for your employees and all acts of your employees, and all employment-related decisions including wages, benefits, hours of work, scheduling, hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, record keeping, taxes and other withholdings , social security contributions, Medicare contributions, unemployment fund contributions and all other terms and conditions of employment. We do not exercise control and do not have the authority to control any of the essential terms and conditions of your employees' employment with you listed below:
(1) Wages, benefits, and other compensation; (2) Hours of work and scheduling; (3) The assignment of duties to be performed; (4) The supervision of the performance of duties; (5) Work rules and directions governing the manner, means, and methods of the performance of duties and the grounds for discipline; (6) The tenure of employment, including hiring and discharge; and (7) Working conditions related to the safety and health of your employees.
You must disclose to each of your employees in writing, in a form approved by us in advance, that you are the sole employer with total control over the terms and conditions of your employee's employment and that we are not a "joint employer" for the reasons cited above..
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 26–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Dryject Franchise Disclosure Document, Dryject does not exercise control over the hours of work and scheduling of a franchisee's employees. Dryject states that the franchisee has sole responsibility for their employees and all employment-related decisions.
Specifically, Dryject does not control essential terms and conditions of employment, including wages, benefits, hours of work, scheduling, hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, record keeping, taxes and other withholdings, social security contributions, Medicare contributions, unemployment fund contributions, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Dryject does provide materials, guidance, or assistance concerning employment-related policies. However, the franchisee has the option to consider and use them. The franchisee determines the extent to which these materials apply to their employees and is responsible for all employment-related decisions.